#include<iostream>
#include<ctime>
int main()
{
	using namespace std;
	cout<<"Enter the delay time, in seconds: ";
	float secs;
	cin>>secs;
	clock_t delay=secs*CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
	cout<<"starting\a\n";
	clock_t start=clock();
	while(clock()-start<delay)
	;
	cout<<"done \a\n";
	return 0;
}
